Posts by mrsblackhawk

TUE AUG 19: List your 5 favorite 100 calorie (or less) snacks!

I love sugar free popsicles...but I've eaten them so much over the summer!

I like the itty bitty Hostess carrot cake with cream cheese cupcakes - 100 calorie pack...you get about one bite per little cupcake, but still so good for a sugar fix.

Laughing cow cheese wedges.

Baby carrots.

Any piece of fruit.

SW: 182

SW for this challenge:  169

August 1: 168

August 8:  166

GW:  148

Woo-hoo!  I'm down three pounds so far and only18 left to go!

Roasted red pepper and tomato soup from Trader Joe's and grilled cheese!  100 calories per cup of soup, and under 200 calories for the grilled cheese if you use the Sara Lee 45 calorie/slice bread and fat free cheese.  Still SOOOOOOOOO yummy!  Soup and grilled cheese is one of my all-time favorites!

Oh...it is Monday.  What should my goals for today be?

1) Keep calories at 1200

2) Eat salad and LIKE it

3) Work on NOT complaining and having a better attitude!

4) Take the kids swimming.

5) Register Mo for after school care.

I am down to 168.  I have been doing CC for about 7 weeks now and have lost a total of 14 pounds.  It's great, but my weight loss has really slowed down over the last two weeks or so.  My calories have remained the same and I even started walking more.  And I still have 20 pounds to go!  Oh well.  I guess slow and steady wins the race, huh?  Happy Friday everyone!!

Is Arnold taking a pay cut too??? Lead by example?

Me too, me too!

SW:  182

CW:  169

GW:  148

Female, 37 y/o, 5'8".

Ugh.  Only 1/2 pound loss for last week.  Still...better than nothing, right??

Does anyone else have a funky scale, where, depending on where and how you stand on it, it weighs you differently?  (Like leaning forward, I'm 1-2 pounds heavier and leaning backward, I'm 1-2 pounds lighter?)  I try standing right in the middle every time, but it's difficult to know if I'm getting an accurate reading.  I just want a consistent reading!!

Since I started with this group late, I didn't really set any goals.  But...I have been trying to walk extra at least 4 times a week.  Which is more than I was doing and I suppose it could be considered 'kicking it up a notch'.  I know it is going to be more and more difficult to drop the pounds and get the fat in my thighs to move away!!

Well, yesterday was a success regarding my goals.  The 'drink more water' part was difficult because more water = more trips to the bathroom.  I dislike having to pee every 10 minutes, but I guess that was the point of flushing all the salt out, right?

For Wicked Wednesday:

1) Today, I'm planning on walking at the track again.  Last time, we did 2 miles in 30 minutes.  We had been aiming for 10 laps (which is 2 1/2 miles) but someone had to go to the bathroom, so we had to cut our walk short.  Tonight, I'd like to do the full 2 1/2 miles, at a good pace, maybe jogging part of it.  Ha!  I need to work up to this jogging thing!

2) Also, need to keep calories during the day a bit on the conservative side because dinner will be steak, baked potato and salad.  I will be light on the steak, heavy on the salad!

Okay, I have never been a hugely goal-oriented person.  Ever.  But I've always wanted to try.  So, here goes.

Goal for Monday:

Keep calories at 1200.

Walk for 30 minutes.

Not very lofty goals, but you've got to start somewhere, right?

I actually stopped at a yard sale yesterday.  It wasn't in my 'plan' but there was a foreclosure sale going on down the street from my son's house.  I found a breadmaker - identical to one I had owned and previously gotten rid of at one of MY yard sales several years ago.  And I bought it because I want to try my hand at making my own healthy fiber-ful bread!

I struggled through this weekend with eating because I spent a lot of time with my son (who is 14 and SOOOOOO interested in food!)  He is hungry every time I turn around.  How does everyone else balance cooking in moderation for themselves and meeting the needs and desires of everyone else's hunger in their family??  It is so difficult for me to cook up raviolli and sauce for everyone else, and then just eat the salad for myself!  Is it sheer will power?  Ugh!

Ick.  Lima beans...for some reason, I don't like them.  Maybe the consistency?

Molly....a fall countdown would be awesome!  I came upon this group late and I was thinking the other day how much I would miss it when we hit August....

Mrsblackhawk - I'd love to know how you make oven baked onion rings. Can you share with us your recipe?

It is SO easy!  You get a big sweet onion, like Walla Walla or Vidalia, slice it into rings, dip in egg whites/better than egg, dip in bread crumbs (I used progresso) and bake for about 20 minutes at 350.  The onions are sweet and flavorful and you get some crunch from the bread crumbs.  I think the worst part of the whole thing are the bread crumbs (at 110 or 120 calories per quarter cup)

Okay, so I'm a bit bigger at 5'8" and I weighed in at 172 this morning. (a day late, but better late than never!).  I started with cc a month ago and I weighed 182...so I'm very excited about my 10 pound loss!  Your posts inspired me to take my measurements.  I had thought about doing it before, but I just hadn't gotten to it.  So, this morning, this is what I got:

chest:  39 1/2

waist:  33

hips:  40.5

thigh:  24

I'm totally grossed out by my thighs.  Definitely an area to address. Ugh.

Original Post by mollymouser:

WEDNESDAY JULY 9 -- QUESTION OF THE DAY

(It's going to be 112+ here today, we're having a heat wave)

What do you do to stay cool in the summer?

MOLLY

 I think we must be not too far away from each other, because I'm in the same heat wave!  Only thing is, I've got ALL the nasty smoke to deal with as well.  Air quality is SO bad here that the air sensors are clogged. Staying cool isn't too difficult for me, because I love being in the warm.  But...today I'll stay inside (AC for filtering the air, not so much the cold!) and have popsicles (sugar free, 15 calories each!)